Last year I had Brown-headed cowbird babies being fed by their smaller
starling foster parents in my yard. Quite a sight, though I don't know what
is worst, them feeding cowbird babies or starling babies.

Catherine

At 04:03 PM 5/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Also seen in the Des Moines Creek Beach Park area was the first-of-the-
>season Brown-headed cowbird (everybody's favorite;if only they could learn
>to parasitize Starling, Crow and English sparrow nests!). A male
>Brown-headed cowbird was also seen and heard at the Burien P & R early
>05-06-97 AM. I rather like the song they sing. Will check out the Barn
>swallow nesting status at the Marina later this afternoon and report
>anything of interest.
>Cheers,
>Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA
>
>
>
Catherine Fryer
Victoria, BC
cfryer at pacificcoast.net